As many of you know I have found a new hobby in collecting rocks! One of the bonus features from them I have found is they seem to ground me - and so I like the idea of them being, touchstones.
Below are the real definitions and photos - in the pod I will talk about why this idea has more meaning by the day!
Here is a practical article on how to use a touchstone to test gold:LINK
Samples of black rocks on my roads (tho I don’t know if they would work?)!
Defining:
1: a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : BASIS
a touchstone film of that decade
now considered a touchstone of the city's life—Michael Specter
2: a test or criterion for determining the quality or genuineness of a thing
Good service is one touchstone of a first-class restaurant.
3: a black siliceous stone related to flint that is used to test the purity of gold and formerly silver by the streak left on the stone when rubbed by the metal
Since the early 16th century, touchstone has referred to a particular kind of siliceous stone (that is, stone containing silica) used to do a particular job: determine the purity of precious metals. The process involves comparing marks made by rubbing a sample of a metal of known purity to marks made by a metal of unknown purity. The method is accurate enough in the case of determining the purity of gold that it is still in use today.
Figurative use extended from this literal use, with touchstone functioning as a word for a test or criterion to determine the quality of a thing, and later to refer to a fundamental or quintessential part or feature of something.
What does this all have do do with us as wired for danger or even our nervous system? You will have to listen!
Then, I would love if you would share:
See you next time!!!
